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""A remarkable, poignant collection."" —Choice ""This oral history of black Madison is an invaluable primary document for students, general readers, and scholars. Interestingly it illuminates the white side of Madison as much as it reveals about what transpired in the black community."" —Darlene Clark Hine, from the Foreword Twenty Black residents of a small Ohio River town here tell the stories of their lives. Madison, though in the North, had its cultural roots in the south, and for most of the twentieth century the town was strictly segregated. In their own words, Black men and women of Madison describe the deprivations of discrimination in their hometown: what it meant, personally and culturally, to be denied opportunities for participation in the educational, economic, political, and social life of the white community. And they describe how they created a community of their own, strong and viable, self-sustaining and mutually supportive of its members.

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Author:   Don Wallis ,  Darlene Clark Hine ,  Don Wallis
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780253334282

ISBN 10:   0253334284
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   22 December 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. All We Had Was Each Other Elsie Perry Payne: We Belonged to the Community Jim Lewis: Everybody Was My Family John Coleman: Measures of Success Pat Cosby: Grateful For My Blackness II. The Struggle Makes You Strong Evan Guess: Together in Strength Betty Inskeep: Self Respect Will Cosby: Hard Times and Good Times Bill Guess: The Meaning of the Broadway School Norval Johnson: The Story of My Life Bernard Jenkins: They Needed Me, So I Stayed Home Harriet Wells: Civil Rights Frank Inskeep: Together We Did Some Good III. The Nurturing Community Chorus of Voices: Reverend Gaines Was Everything to Us Carol Cosby Guess: The Community Made Me What I Am Charles O'Banion: My Home Grace Humes and John Humes: The Community Would Correct You Norman O'Banion: Homemade Games Mary Stewart, Sue Livers, Karen Douglas: Everybody's Children Allen Watson: Progress Denise Carter: The Struggle Goes On

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Don Wallis, a native of Madison, Indiana, is a writer, teacher, and editor of a country newspaper in Vevay, Indiana. He is the author of Harlan Hubbard and the River: A Visionary Life and editor of Payne Hollow Journal, Shantyboat Journal, and Oyo: An Ohio River Anthology.

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